AMENDMENT NO. 1, offered By: Mrs. Napolitano:

Page 4, strike lines 14 through 18 (and redesignate subsequent provisions accordingly).

Page 7, line 13, strike ``5'' and insert ``15''.

AMENDMENT NO. 2, offered by Mr. Tipton:

Page 4, line 4, insert ``(A)'' after ``(2)''.

Page 4, lines 8 and 10, strike ``work'' and insert ``conduit''.

Page 4, line 13, after ``offer'' insert ``for a small conduit hydropower project''.

Page 4, after line 13, insert the following:

``(B) If the irrigation district or water users association elects not accept a lease of power privilege offer under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall offer the lease of power privilege to other parties in accordance with this subsection.''.

Page 4, line 21, after ``hydropower'' insert ``policy and procedure-setting''.

Page 5, line 18 strike ``involved, and'' and all that follows though line 25 and insert the following ``involved. The Secretary shall notify and consult with the irrigation district or water users association operating the transferred conduit before offering the lease of power privilege and shall prescribe terms and conditions that will adequately protect the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and other interests of the United States and the project or division involved.''.

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``(8) Nothing in this subsection shall alter or affect any existing preliminary permit, license, or exemption issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under Part I of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792, et seq.) or any project for which an application has been filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as of the date of the enactment of the Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act.''.

Page 6, line 5, strike ``(8)'' and insert ``(9)''.

Page 6, strike lines 14 through 20, and insert the following:

(B) IRRIGATION DISTRICT.--The term ``irrigation district'' means any irrigation, water conservation or conservancy, multicounty water conservation or conservancy district, or any separate public entity composed of two or more such districts and jointly exercising powers of its member districts.

Page 6, line 21, strike ``WORK'' and insert ``CONDUIT''.

Page 6, line 22, strike ``work'' and insert ``conduit''.

Page 7, line 3, strike ``WORK'' and insert ``CONDUIT''.

Page 7, line 4, strike ``work'' and insert ``conduit''.

AMENDMENT NO. 3, offered by Mr. Tipton:

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``(3) The Bureau of Reclamation shall apply its categorical exclusion process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to small conduit hydropower development under this subsection, excluding siting of associated transmission facilities on Federal lands.